The 2.3% annualised rebound in GDP in the third quarter might convince some that the economy is adjusting well to lower oil prices, but the 0.5% m/m contraction in September illustrates that the economy isn’t out of the woods. This suggests that even our below consensus forecast of 1.0% GDP growth this quarter might be too high.
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